Prager 20140829 – 02 Happiness Hour: Open Lines
Prager H2: Dennis opens up the lines. Issues raised include: why do diversions make you happy; how do you stay happy with so much bad news; how do you deal with the loss of a child.
Prager H2: Dennis opens up the lines. Issues raised include: why do diversions make you happy; how do you stay happy with so much bad news; how do you deal with the loss of a child.
Prager H1: Who has the right to the space in front of your knees in a coach seat? This has become a serious ethical issue… The Europe Union wants to ban blow driers and other high-wattage appliances. It’s part of their global warming panic… Should we attack ISIS in Syria?
The American Sociological Association gives its members seven ways by which they can self-identify their gender… Dennis talks to Douglas Feith, Under Secretary of Defense for Policy for the GW Bush Administration and currently Director of the Center for National Security Strategies and a Senior Fellow at the Hudson Institute.
The President of Mexico refers to California as “the other Mexico.” Jerry Brown, the state’s governor, says all Mexicans, illegal or no, are welcome… Gas prices are going up in California. Why? New green taxes. Who is this going to hurt Hollywood liberals or truck drivers and commuters?
A woman tries to recline in her coach seat. The man behind her stops her from doing so. A fight and a national controversy ensue. Dennis and Allen disagree on this issue…
Prager H3: Dennis talks to former AP Middle East correspondent, Matti Friedman, about the media’s obsession with Israel and its critical view of it.
Prager H2: Women think that men think like they do. Here’s an example: women don’t care very much how their husbands look, so they think men shouldn’t think much about how they look.
Prager H1: The word “conservative” is considered a negative personal adjective on a list of negative words from a popular website… Another ceasefire has been declared between Israel and Hamas. Celebrations break out in Gaza? Why? Self-delusion or from their twisted perspective have they achieved their goals?
Prager H3: From a purely logical point of view, if there is a good God who governs the universe and demands moral behavior from his creations, there must be an afterlife.
